The air in Washington D.C. was unnaturally still. The clouds above the city hung heavy, tinted faintly gold by the morning sun, but beneath that light, there was tension — a subtle heaviness that made even the birds circling above the White Citadel Tower change their flight paths.
This was no ordinary day in the U.S. capital.
For the first time in several years, the Alliance of the Great Families, The Global Businessman Alliance— the coalition that had ended World War III and reshaped the global order — had been called to assemble at the American region. And not just through representatives or emissaries — but in person.
The meeting was to be held at the Grand Continental Hall, a secluded, heavily fortified skyscraper on the eastern end of D.C. that didn't exist on any public map. The building was known among elite circles as a neutral zone — a place that housed discussions capable of shaking nations.
